Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima †

Deceased

Archbishop of Nyeri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1936		Born	Karatina
22 Dec 1962	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nyeri, Kenya
27 Feb 1978	42.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya
14 May 1978	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mombasa, Kenya
12 Mar 1988	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya
21 May 1990	54.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
27 Nov 2007	71.7	Died	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

a priest for 44.9 years
a bishop for 29.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Agostino Cardinal Cacciavillan
Archbishop John Njenga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima † (1978)
Maurice Michael Cardinal Otunga † (1957)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Luigi Paiaro
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C.
Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde

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